The Mitch Bell Quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Santa Fe Depot, 200 S Jones Ave., Norman, as part of The Performing Arts Studio's Jazz at the Depot series.

Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students and senior adults. Refreshments will be provided.

In addition to Bell on guitar, the quintet features Lee Rucker on trumpet, Chris Hicks on alto saxophone, Garrett Jacobson on the Hammond B3 and Justin Walke on drums.

Bell is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma's jazz studies program. He began playing guitar at age 10 and has performed and recorded in numerous settings. He is on the faculty at UCO and a member of the newly formed Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra.

Rucker has been teaching at UCO since 1981 and has served as the director of the marching band, concert band, jazz ensembles, music theater pit orchestra and many smaller jazz groups.

Hicks was named musician of the year in Oklahoma City from 1989 through 1991. He has performed with such artists as Sara Evans, Brooks and Dunn, Chet Baker and Reba McEntire.

Jacobson performs on the guitar as well as keyboards and has recorded four albums.

Walke earned a master's degree in jazz performance from the Manhattan School of Music and teaches at UCO.

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